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Staff recommends keeping existing hillside fence rules after one-off dispute; council may revisit R-1 code review
Summary
Planning staff presented four options April 21 for addressing view-obstructing fences in the designated hillside area and recommended maintaining existing objective development standards; council members asked for more data and said they would consider changes as part of a future R-1 standards review if complaints increase.
Planning staff presented a first-step report April 21 on view-obstructing fences in the city's designated hillside area, outlining the history of regulations and four policy approaches. The staff recommendation was to maintain current objective standards while offering options for further analysis if complaints increase.
Principal planner Amanda Landry told council…
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